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Vice-Chancellor’s Open Lecture

Ms Tsakani Maluleke, South Africa’s auditor-general, will deliver UCT’s third Vice-Chancellor’s Open Lecture of the year, online at 18:00 SAST on Thursday, 30 September 2021. The topic is ‘The role of accountancy professionals in strengthening democracy’.

UCT’s response to COVID-19

The university has implemented approved protocols to keep staff and students safe during the COVID-19 lockdown, but we all remain individually responsible for mitigating the pandemic’s impact in our country. Please read more about UCT’s response to COVID-19.

UCT Online High School

The University of Cape Town has launched the UCT Online High School, offering extensive teacher and mentor support at an affordable monthly fee.

The UCT Online High School is also making the online school platform available for free for any teacher and learner to benefit from the high-quality, interactive curriculum – unleashing the creative, academic and professional potential of Africa’s children.

Measuring Economic Welfare

This course will introduce students, researchers, and officials in state agencies to the key concepts in measuring income, expenditure, poverty and inequality. There will also be a strong practical component where participants will use survey data to undertake welfare measurement and analysis.

Course Content:
- Introduction to the measurement of income and expenditure,
- Measuring poverty and poverty lines,
- Practical issues in measuring poverty,
- Measuring Inequality,
- Practical issues in measuring inequality,

Disability Studies in Education Short Course

The course aims to empower educators to reflect critically on their own disability inclusive practices through dialogues within a community of inquiry to promote equity, equal access and dignity for learners with disabilities.

Disability Studies in Education Short Course information.

Housing Finance Course for Sub-Saharan Africa

The Housing Finance Course for Sub-Saharan Africa addresses the critical challenges faced by the housing finance industry in Sub-Saharan Africa and teaches the conceptual, managerial and practical tools needed to build strong housing finance systems.

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